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"Roadhouse" with Patrick Swayze. Caution..not recommended if you own a 65 Riviera!
John
Someone did mention the Riv in Roadhouse.
PP
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Here is Max and his Harley. Note the 1937 Ford in the background.
I love those old Fords.
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The 1935 Ford was purchased new in 1935 in Topeka, Kansas, by this young lady's parents. She was an USO dancer during WWII. This photo was taken in Kansas during WWII. I don't know the back story on the rest of the photos. I found these photos in the trash when I was when I was an undergrad working my way through college as a full time garbage man.
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The 1940 Buick used by the Vichy Police Force in Casablanca (1942).
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Major Strasser drives this 1940 Buick in Casablanca (1942):
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1938 Buick from Tora, Tora, Tora (1970)
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1938 Buick from Tora, Tora, Tora (1969).
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TG Roadmaster,
Yep, Conflict shows off the Warner Brothers Buicks too. Good stuff.
Both Bogart and Davis worked for Warner Brothers. And all those awesome Buicks in their films are Warner Brothers' Buicks. And they seemed to have several. From what I understand, those cars would be used by studio people to go to studio events and on studio business when not being used on film.
A really great scene with tons of Buicks is the parking lot scene in The Big Sleep (starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall) when Bacall is robbed in the parking lot and Bogey gets her purse back. The Buicks are all over the place. Plus the gangster Eddy Mars (John Ridgley) has a 1941 Series 90 that he hauls his gang around in.
We should be making a list of films where great Buicks can be seen.
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Yep, I paid $900 for those eight plugs.
On the flip side:
My 2001 Ford F-150 5.4L V-8 Off Road 4x4 Truck has never left me stranded anywhere.
It has been driven to 23 states.
It has been driven in off road conditions in numerous Western States.
Overall, the truck has been dependable and capable.
I'll be happy to shell out another $900 to keep it going.
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That was resultant of the two piece spark plug that tended to separate upon extraction attempt. .
Yes, I know. Like I said in the post, this topic has been beat to death on the F-150 forums.
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This has been discussed at length at the Ford Truck forum http://www.f150online.com/forums/index.php
It cost me about $900 to have all eight changed out at the Ford Dealer a few years ago on my 2001 F-150 4x4 Pick Up Truck with 5.4 V-8.
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The link to one of the spark plug threads at F150 disappeared from my post; take my word for it, it has been discussed several times at length at the F-150 forum.
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I worry more about a collision or other accident more than being poisoned by the car or its components.
My concern is more elevated as a passenger in an antique vehicle than when I am driving an antique vehicle. The former gives you more time to think about what could happen than the latter, which commands a focus on the task at hand.
The 1959 - 2009 Chevy Crash Test Video really illustrates the danger of a being involved in an accident while driving a vintage car.
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It is wicked how that A-pillar and driver's door fold up and crush in on that old 1959 Chevy.
Yikes.
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Where I come from, one can buy three 1936 Ford Roadsters for $192,500.
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If you like large Pre-war Buick :
Now Voyager (starring Bette Davis and a beautiful 1941 Buick Series 90)
Watch on the Rhine (starring Bette Davis and 1940 Series 90 and a 1941 Series 90)
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Man, I just love that Fat 1942 Cadillac.
Nice photo in the Cadillac history book too.
A very good looking car.
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Old movies with tons of old cars:
The chase scene in Call Out the Marines;
The chase scene in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break;
The horse track parking scene in A Day at the Races;
These are off the top of my head.
See the epic thread on Ford Barn "V-8 Fords on Film".
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Not many cars in Casablanca.
I routinely watch movies for the old cars, and Casablanca doesn't rank up there as a "car-heavy" movie.
http://www.imcdb.org/movie_34583-Casablanca.html
A 27 Lincoln and two 1940 Buicks. That is all. And these cars appear only briefly.
The Big Sleep has more cars in the book store scene (with smokin' hot Dorothy Malone) than Casablance has in the whole movie.
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Found my plates.
Thanks to all who replied.
Thanks H. Lutz of Virginia.
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Thanks Marv.
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WANTED: 1937 License Plate.
Any state acceptable, but I prefer Illinois or Indiana. Interested in standard size/shape license plate only. Mostly interested in an original 1937 License Plate in good unrestored condition. A high quality re-painted/restored plate may be considered. Any help appreciated.
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Thanks nzcarnerd for adding to the mix; make those pics black and white and you'd think they were done when the "Mystery" first occurred!
And Brian, I'm glad you added your stunning '59 Buick and Super-Connie images, too. What took you so long?
Now we need to see some of your Jet-Age 707 imagery!
Thanks to all for the vintage pics, too!
Here's an establishing shot of the scene that day, with the "Miracle on the Hudson"
Flight 1549 Airbus A-320 in the hangar.
Flying back to Charlotte yesterday from the AACA Nat'l. Meeting, the DC-7B now shares
the tarmac with a couple of Air National Guard C-130's. CAM Director Wally Coppinger
wasn't kidding when he said it's going to be a long time before another photo-op
presents itself to capture the DC-3 and DC-7B en plein air.
TG
That long shot is great!!!
Awesome. Thanks for posting.
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1942 Ford and Douglas C-47A.
Okay Okay, they are models.
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It may be questionable of just how "secret" the P-38 would have been at that time given both the British and French had placed orders for it. The late 1930s time line commonly bandied about is also suspect given test flights were still being conducted in mid 1941 both at Lockheed's California plant and at what is now Wright-Patterson in Ohio prior to USAAC acceptance.
You are now returned to the Thread!
Not so fast.
I agree, the P-38, or as it was known in 1941, the YP-38, was not unknown to the public. Aviation Mags, encyclopedias and even dictionaries had photos of the YP-38 as early as 1940.
The airplane was still being tested as late as November 1941, when a modified YP-38 test aircraft crashed into homes in Glendale.
TM
Airplanes & Buicks & Caddys, Oh My!
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Great photo. The AT-6 is my favorite warbird trainer.
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